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e 51 0 Arlington , Virgini a2220 9 Dea r John and Steve : Thi s i s to expres s m

y concern s wit

h you r us e ofth e EPA' s April 1997 Ope n Moldin g Databas e to suppor

t the CF A emissio n models . I hav e foun d severa l inappropriat

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o thi s informatio n in th e repor t title d "CF A Emissio n Model s fo r the Reinforced Plastic s Industries " date d Februar

y 28 , 1998 . I feel thi s i s amischaracterizatio n an d misapplicatio n o f th e informatio n which w e hav e share d wit h you , an d reques t

tha t you remov e any reference s t o thi s informatio n fro

myou r repor t an d froman

y furthe r discussion s o

f you r model . A substantia

l basi s use d t

o suppor t th e CF A Emissio n Model s i s th

e compariso n of

thes e model s wit

h th e emissio n estimate s containe d i n th e EPA' s Apri l 1997 Ope n Moldin g Database . Thi s compariso n i s inappropriate . Th e purpos e o f ou r sending yo

u the databas e wa s t

o provide backgroun d informatio n on th e approache s w e wer e considering t

o d o th e MAC T ranking . The purpos e ofth e colum

n o n estimate d emission s wa s fo r u s t o approximat

e the impac t

ofth e MAC T floor ; i

t di d no t serv e a s an

y kin d o f recommende d approach t

o estimat e afacility's ' emissions . In fact , adisclaime r w e pu t o n th e spreadsheet

attempted t

o avoi d thi s inappropriat

e us e ofth e information . You r repor t cite s thi s informatio n as "availabl e data " an d furthe r indicate s tha

t th e EP A provide d no basi s fo

r it . Thes e citation s greatl

y mischaracteriz e thi s information . W

e shared thi s informatio n even thoug h i t was incomplet

e i n order to provide you wit h detaile d information o n th e option s bein g considered . Whe n w e propos e th e standard , w e wil l hav e complet

e documentatio n supportin g th e developmen t ofth e standard . I n addition , this , a s well a s all othe r version s o

f ou r databases , ar

e stil l draft . A s you know , ou r MACT emission s estimatio n approac h changed , an d we provided you wit

h thi s update d informatio n befor

e you develope d your

report .

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W e ar e concerne d tha

t ou r efforts to provid e yo u wit

h informatio

n bein g considere d in th e development

ofth e rul e hav e resulte d in misus e an d mischaracterizatio n oftha t information . Suc h misus e affects ou

r abilit y t o shar e preliminar

y informatio n wit

h you . W e woul d appreciat

e your removin g an

y reference s t

o the EPA' s Apri l 199 7 Ope n Moldin g Databas e fro

myou r repor t an d fro man y furthe r discussion s o

f you r model . Sincerely , 

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